diff mbox

[RFC,v1,05/12] atomic: introduce cmpxchg_bool

Message ID 1460730231-1184-7-git-send-email-alex.bennee@linaro.org
State New
Headers show

Commit Message

Alex Bennée April 15, 2016, 2:23 p.m. UTC
This allows for slightly neater code when checking for success of a
cmpxchg operation.

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
---
 include/qemu/atomic.h | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

Comments

Richard Henderson April 15, 2016, 4:22 p.m. UTC | #1
On 04/15/2016 07:23 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
> +#define atomic_bool_cmpxchg(ptr, old, new)                              \
> +    ({                                                                  \
> +    typeof(*ptr) _old = (old), _new = (new);                            \
> +    bool r;                                                             \
> +    r = __atomic_compare_exchange(ptr, &_old, &_new, false,             \
> +                                  __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);  \
> +    r;                                                                  \
> +    })

How are you thinking this will be used?  If a loop like

  do {
    old = atomic_read (ptr);
    new = f(old);
  } while (!atomic_bool_cmpxchg(ptr, old, new));

then it's usually helpful to use a weak compare_exchange (s/false/true/ above).
 This will produce one loop for ll/sc architectures instead of two.


r~
Alex Bennée April 15, 2016, 5:06 p.m. UTC | #2
Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> writes:

> On 04/15/2016 07:23 AM, Alex Bennée wrote:
>> +#define atomic_bool_cmpxchg(ptr, old, new)                              \
>> +    ({                                                                  \
>> +    typeof(*ptr) _old = (old), _new = (new);                            \
>> +    bool r;                                                             \
>> +    r = __atomic_compare_exchange(ptr, &_old, &_new, false,             \
>> +                                  __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);  \
>> +    r;                                                                  \
>> +    })
>
> How are you thinking this will be used?  If a loop like
>
>   do {
>     old = atomic_read (ptr);
>     new = f(old);
>   } while (!atomic_bool_cmpxchg(ptr, old, new));
>
> then it's usually helpful to use a weak compare_exchange (s/false/true/ above).
>  This will produce one loop for ll/sc architectures instead of two.

I used it to make Fred's STREX code a little neater:

        if (len == 1 << size) {
            oldval = (uint8_t)env->exclusive_val;
            result = atomic_bool_cmpxchg(p, oldval, (uint8_t)newval);
        }
        address_space_unmap(cs->as, p, len, true, result ? len : 0);

Instead of:

        if (len == 1 << size) {
            oldval = (uint8_t)env->exclusive_val;
            result = (atomic_cmpxchg(p, oldval, (uint8_t)newval) == oldval);
        }
        address_space_unmap(cs->as, p, len, true, result ? len : 0);

But now I'm wondering if there is a race in there. I'll have to look
closer.


>
>
> r~


--
Alex Bennée
Sergey Fedorov June 3, 2016, 4:45 p.m. UTC | #3
On 15/04/16 17:23, Alex Bennée wrote:
> diff --git a/include/qemu/atomic.h b/include/qemu/atomic.h
> index 5dba7db..94e7110 100644
> --- a/include/qemu/atomic.h
> +++ b/include/qemu/atomic.h
> @@ -123,6 +123,16 @@
>      _old;                                                               \
>      })
>  
> +#define atomic_bool_cmpxchg(ptr, old, new)                              \
> +    ({                                                                  \
> +    typeof(*ptr) _old = (old), _new = (new);                            \
> +    bool r;                                                             \
> +    r = __atomic_compare_exchange(ptr, &_old, &_new, false,             \
> +                                  __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);  \
> +    r;                                                                  \
> +    })
> +
> +

Could be more simple:

#define atomic_bool_cmpxchg(ptr, old, new)                              \
    ({                                                                  \
    typeof(*ptr) _old = (old), _new = (new);                            \
    __atomic_compare_exchange(ptr, &_old, &_new, false,                 \
                              __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);      \
    })


Kind regards,
Sergey
Alex Bennée June 3, 2016, 7:12 p.m. UTC | #4
Sergey Fedorov <serge.fdrv@gmail.com> writes:

> On 15/04/16 17:23, Alex Bennée wrote:
>> diff --git a/include/qemu/atomic.h b/include/qemu/atomic.h
>> index 5dba7db..94e7110 100644
>> --- a/include/qemu/atomic.h
>> +++ b/include/qemu/atomic.h
>> @@ -123,6 +123,16 @@
>>      _old;                                                               \
>>      })
>>
>> +#define atomic_bool_cmpxchg(ptr, old, new)                              \
>> +    ({                                                                  \
>> +    typeof(*ptr) _old = (old), _new = (new);                            \
>> +    bool r;                                                             \
>> +    r = __atomic_compare_exchange(ptr, &_old, &_new, false,             \
>> +                                  __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);  \
>> +    r;                                                                  \
>> +    })
>> +
>> +
>
> Could be more simple:
>
> #define atomic_bool_cmpxchg(ptr, old, new)                              \
>     ({                                                                  \
>     typeof(*ptr) _old = (old), _new = (new);                            \
>     __atomic_compare_exchange(ptr, &_old, &_new, false,                 \
>                               __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);      \
>     })

OK that makes sense. I'll have to ask my toolchain colleague what the
rules are for results from {} blocks.

--
Alex Bennée
Eric Blake June 3, 2016, 7:20 p.m. UTC | #5
On 06/03/2016 01:12 PM, Alex Bennée wrote:

>>> +#define atomic_bool_cmpxchg(ptr, old, new)                              \
>>> +    ({                                                                  \
>>> +    typeof(*ptr) _old = (old), _new = (new);                            \
>>> +    bool r;                                                             \
>>> +    r = __atomic_compare_exchange(ptr, &_old, &_new, false,             \
>>> +                                  __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);  \
>>> +    r;                                                                  \
>>> +    })
>>> +
>>> +
>>
>> Could be more simple:
>>
>> #define atomic_bool_cmpxchg(ptr, old, new)                              \
>>     ({                                                                  \
>>     typeof(*ptr) _old = (old), _new = (new);                            \
>>     __atomic_compare_exchange(ptr, &_old, &_new, false,                 \
>>                               __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);      \
>>     })
> 
> OK that makes sense. I'll have to ask my toolchain colleague what the
> rules are for results from {} blocks.

It's a gcc extension, and the rule is that the value of the overall ({})
is the value of the last statement in the block.  No need for a
temporary variable 'r' if you can just use __atomic_compare_exchange()
as the last statement.
diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/include/qemu/atomic.h b/include/qemu/atomic.h
index 5dba7db..94e7110 100644
--- a/include/qemu/atomic.h
+++ b/include/qemu/atomic.h
@@ -123,6 +123,16 @@ 
     _old;                                                               \
     })
 
+#define atomic_bool_cmpxchg(ptr, old, new)                              \
+    ({                                                                  \
+    typeof(*ptr) _old = (old), _new = (new);                            \
+    bool r;                                                             \
+    r = __atomic_compare_exchange(ptr, &_old, &_new, false,             \
+                                  __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);  \
+    r;                                                                  \
+    })
+
+
 /* Provide shorter names for GCC atomic builtins, return old value */
 #define atomic_fetch_inc(ptr)  __atomic_fetch_add(ptr, 1, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST)
 #define atomic_fetch_dec(ptr)  __atomic_fetch_sub(ptr, 1, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST)
@@ -327,6 +337,7 @@ 
 #define atomic_fetch_and       __sync_fetch_and_and
 #define atomic_fetch_or        __sync_fetch_and_or
 #define atomic_cmpxchg         __sync_val_compare_and_swap
+#define atomic_bool_cmpxchg    __sync_bool_compare_and_swap
 
 #define atomic_dec_fetch(ptr)  __sync_sub_and_fetch(ptr, 1)